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BAKING AND BINDING APPARATUS FOR HARVESTERS.

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'PATENTED SEPT. 14, 1858.

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ALLEN sunnwoon, or Minnnm'nnw YonK, ASSIGNOR- TOE. P. sEN'rnR,

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, MPROVED RA'KWGAND lSlNOlNG APPARATUS FOR HARVESTERS.

S;R:cillon.tion forming' part of ldlllls To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALLEN Sunnwoon, of Auburn, in the county of Cayuga and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Baking and Binding Apparatus of Harvesters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operationof the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, makinga part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the raking and binding apparatus complete. Figs. 2 and 3 represent longitudinal sections the parts indifferent positions. Fig. 4 represents a detached portion of the raking apparatus, drawn on an enlarged scale. Fig. 5 represents a top plan of the platform and raking contrivancc, the

binding devices not being represented;

Similar letters of reference,where they occur in the several figures, denote like parts of the,

this object.

To enable others skilled in the art to malie and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the same with reference tothe drawings.

or, provided with longitudinal ribs BB, 870.,

upon which the grain falls as it is cut, and

between which the gathering-fingers a of the traversing rake-head b-move. This rake-head first in one direction and then in a. contrary one, by a shifting gear-wheel, 9." At the ends of the rakehead b. there and the nature of my invention consists in the manner'in which I have combined and arranged the several devices for effecting p to the shipper.

A represents a platform of a grain-harvest are guiding-blocks.

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h II, which move against the outer ribs B, and

keep it from binding or cramping, the inter mediate ribs between the outer ones being raised up from the platform high enough to allow the rake-head to pass underneath them.

There are teeth 2 2' near the ends of the rake head, against which weighted pawl-levcrsfij catch, to hold it from turning until atthe proper time, and then these pawl-levers are raised up by inclined rods k, which take them and raise the pawl part out of the teeth.

The rake is operated as follows: On the end of a shaft, 0, Fig. 5, there is a pulley-wheel, D, around which a belt coming from any of the rotating parts of the harvester may pass, to give said shaft motion; or gearing of any "other kind may be used, if preferred, On this shaft G there are two bevel-gear wheels, m m,

with their teeth facing each other. There is also a clutch, a, on said. shaft, into which a shipper, Z, fits, so that this shaft may be shifted in theline of its length, and thus bring one or the other of its gear-wheelsm m into gear with the bevel-gear g between them, said gear 9 being fastened to the end of the shaft f, heretofore described, that carries the pulleys c e,.ovcr which pass the cords c, that traverse the rake-head. The shipper-is ordinarily operated by the rake-head, but may be used by the binder when for any purpose it becomes necessary to change the motion of the rakei When the shipper is worked automatically,

it is done as follows: A rod, 0, is centrally placed along the platform, and is made fast at On this rod, at or near each end of the platform or traveise of the rake-head b, there are upright studs q q, againstwhich the rake-head strikes,,and pushing said rod with it, itmoves the shipper Z, throwing out one gear and putting the pinion g in mesh with the other gear, which reverscs'the motion .of the rake. Theoperator can at anytime, by 7 moving the shipper, cause the rake to be reversed, and without disarranging its auto m'atic'movement afterward, for when he lets go the shipper the rake-head will operate it,

as above described. 0' is a lever connected to the rod 0, and so arranged as that the operator, from his seat E, may readily catch it, to operate the shipper. The rake-head b must.

,havcaslight rocking or rolling motion in its y y are guides which stand on the next charge the gathering-fingers must drop below said ribs; or one-set of arms may 3 drop down, while the others rise up, on the back motion, to sweep the platform in. that direction, the return motion of the rake bringing the grain all back with it. This is efiected uby fastening the cords c to a projecting stud or deadeye on top oi the rake-head, so that whenever either end of the cord is drawn upon it rocks tlie-rake-head sufiieient to throw the fingers into or out of action, as above set forth;

\Vhenthe rake has gathered sufficient to form'a gavel or bundle, it is thrown up into the concave F by the operator, who raises-up the lever r, which causesa segment, G, to turn apiuion, H, ona shaft, s, said shaft carrying raisingirngers f and guide-arm n, which carrics and places the wire (with which the sheaf is to be bound) in the twisti ng-wl1eel that forms the tie, which eontrivances will be now described.

I is' areel for carrying the wire that is used forjbinding, and '0 a presser-spring to keep the rceI- from turning too freely.

w is an arm against which-the operator may place his foot to throw out the presser-spring 1; when it is necessary to let the reel run free. The wire from the reel I, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, passes through, guides 1 2 3 on the convex side of the arm a, and thence over a frictionpulley, t in the endfof. said arm a, and then laid slack along the concave side of said arm a and receiver F,,as distinctly shown in Fig. 3,-whcre the several parts are in their proper positions for receiving the gavelthat is afterward to be brought up and bound. The extreme end of the w ire'is laid in a slot cut in the. twisting-wheel a, said slot extending to near the center of said wheel, and the end of the wire projects slightly in rear of said wheel, as shown in the drawings. V 1

each-side of the slot in thetwisting-whcel, and are designed for the easy guiding of the wire into the slot.

J is a cogged wheel having a crank-{2, attached to it, by which it is rotated by the operator on his seat E. This wheel J gears with the teeth or cogs on the twisting-wheel x, and operates said wheel There is a cutter-bar, 5, back of the frame 6, which supports the ---g'earing, said bar having upon it a cutter, 7,

and a stud, 8.

on the shaft 9 of the wheel J there is a cam, .10, which strikes against the stud S, and drives the cutter-bar before it. This brings the cutter 'Aagainst the wires after their ends have been twisted together, and cuts them off. The sheaf being thus bound up and the wire cut, it is thrown out of the receiver or concave by g the operator, aholc being made in said concave to enable him to-put his hand or arm through for this purpose. It is immaterial which way the wheel J is turned, eitherdirec tiou putting in the twistin the wires and ope'rating the cutter 7, There is a third pair of guides, 11, in line with those y 1 heretofore. -described,-through or between which the end of the wire is placed; and on the cutter-bar 5 are placed two curved arms, 12, one or the other of which is always in place to support the wire after it. is placed in said guides 11. Stationary fingers '13 are placed on top of the concave to keep the loose grain fro-m being forced up out of said concave when it is gatheredand pressed up into a gavel. The end of the wire, after each bundle is bound, and when out off, is drawn and placed in the slot of the twisting-wheel. When the arms I and the wire-carrier u are brought up to deliver the gavel into the concave F, the wire comes up also, and an arm, 14, on the wire-carrieru, which isnotched for the purpose, presses upon the wire, as shown in Fig. 2, and thus forces that part of it also. down into the slot in the twisting-wheel, and when the wheel is rotated the two parts of the wire are twisted around each other, and thus-forms the tie.

15 is a weight attached to the shaft s of the pinion H, to aid the operator in raising the gavel. The wheel H has cogs on a portion of its perimeter only, so that it turns just suflicient to place the fingers tin proper position for receiving the gavel, and then raise it up into the concave, where it is bound up. It will be perceived that guides or holders ll 11 are removeda slight distance behind those y 3 far enough for the cutter and its bar to slide between them. Now, the portion of the wire that is between 11 and 3 also becomes twisted, though it is afterward cut off close up to 3 The twisted end between the two sets of holders is very important, for when the end is again laid in the slot of the twisting-wheel for the next bindir g-operation, this twisted part or knot, as it were, prevents that end of the wire from being drawn out of the slot by the dropping of the wirecarrier or'any strain on the wire itself; The twisting apparatus and its attachments may be made adjustable on the concave, for the purpose of bringing the apparatus to about the center of the bundle, whether the straw be short or-long. The wire-carrier of course must be similarly adjustable, so as to act with the twisting and-euttin contrivances.

Having thus fully,described the nature and operation of my improved raking and binding "apparatus, what I claimtherein asnew, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The traversing double rake, made to rock in its supports to bring its fingers into and out of action, and automatically fastened and released, substantially in the manner herein described, and for the purposes set forth.

2. In combination with the fingers i, for throwing the gathered gavel up into the concave, the arm u, for carrying the, binding-wire up and over the sheaf, and placing the wire in the slot of the twisting-wheel, substantially as herein described.

.gemsao e 3. In combination with the twisting-wheel, 6. Forming a knot or enlargement on the the sliding knife/for cutting off the wire, subend of the wire behind where it is cut-off by 1 the cutter, by twisting that portion of it, by 4.111 combination with the Gutter-bar and the means substantially as described, saigi I'- its stufi, the cam 10, for the purpose of canstwist preventing the end from being drawn ing' the cutter to act regardless of the directhrough the slot of the twistiiigfwhel, as set j staqtially as described.

tion in which the shaft that carries the cam forth. 7

turns, and substantially as described. I ALLEN SHERWOOD.

5. In combination with tbewir'e-carrier and Witnesses:- 3

guides y y, a twisting-wheel, made and 0pm II. A. FLEETWOOD,

eted substantially as described. O. W. MARKHAM. 

